Helsinki GSE Discussion Papers

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Helsinki GSE Discussion Papers

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  • Why Are There So Few Female Inventors?

    Atte Pudas

    Only a small fraction of inventors are women. Using Finnish administrative data linked to patent records, I show that educational and occupational sorting explain roughly 54% of the gender gap in …

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  • Skill-Related Differences in Reference-Dependent Stopping

    Marco Lambrecht

    This paper examines reference-dependent stopping in repeated risky decisionmaking and its relation to skill dependence and individual ability. Using field data from online heads-up poker tournaments, …

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  • Furloughs, Employment, and Worker Reallocation in Normal Times

    Niku Määttänen, Eero Mäkynen, Oskari Vähämaa

    Are furlough schemes useful under normal business cycle conditions? We address this question using administrative data from Finland, where such a scheme has long existed, and a model of firm dynamics …

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